West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. 1st January, 1858. SHIPPING ADVERTS - STEAM TO NEW YORK DIRECT - The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steamship Company intend dispatching their Full Powered, Clyde-built, Iron Screw Steam Ships from Liverpool to New York, as follows:- "Kangaroo".....Wednesday, 13th Jan. Cable passage 15, 17, and 21 Guineas according to the accommodation. Forward Passage 8 Guineas, including provisions. Passengers for Canada, and the United States, booked through on very advantageous terms. STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND CANADA - Via Portland, Maine, U.S. The Montreal Ocean Steam Ship Company's first class powerful Screw Steamers - "Anglo-Saxon" from Portland Saturday, 26th Dec., Capt. A. McMASTER. "North American" from Portland Saturday 30th Jan., Cpt. W. GRANGE. "Indian", from Liverpool Wednesday 27th Jan., 1858, Capt. T. JONES. "Canadian"...Cpt. W. BALLANTINE. Cabin Passage Money to Portland, GBP18. 18s. and GBP15. 15s. including provisions, but not wines or liquors. Steerage Passage Money to Portland, GBP8. 8s., including a plentiful supply of cooked provision. NEW ZEALAND - JOHN MORRISON & CO's LINE OF PACKETS. The "Nourmahal," for Otago and Canterbury, calling at Plymouth, to embark Cabin passengers. Notice - To meet the views of a number of passengers who are desirous of availing themselves of the opportunity of proceeding to the Colony by such a rare and splendid vessel as the "Nourmahl," the sailing of this ship will be postponed for their convenience until the 1st January, 1858. This unrivalled Clipper is classed A.1, for 13 years of the burthen of 1500 tons, and is nearly new having made but one voyage out and home. Her fittings and accommodation are elegant and not surpassed by any vessel engaged in the New Zealand trade, and she will carry a surgeon and chaplain. PASSAGE MONEY - GBP35 Chief Cabin; Steerage to GBP14 and upwards. "Mersey Line" of Australian Packets. Sailing from Liverpool to Melbourne on the 25th of each month, and to Sydney at certain advertised dates, as under:- "Saxon King, 1000 tons bur., Sydney 15th Jan. "New Ship, 3000 tons bur. Melbourn 25th Jan. "New Ship", 800 tons bur., Sydney 15th Feb. These Vessels are all chosen from the fastest and finest Clippers of the day, are commended by men of experience and ability, and their fittings and general arrangements for the comfort of Passengers cannot be surpassed. PASSAGE MONEY GBP14 AND UPWARDS - "White Star" Line of British and Australian ex Royal Mail Packets. Sailing between Liverpool & Melbourne on the 20th and 27th of each Month, and forwarding Passengers by Steamers at through rates to all parts of Australia. To the consignment of H. T. Wilson & Co., Melbourne. "Senator", Capt CHOFFIN, Bur. 3000, Jan. 20. "Moira", Capt S. SMART, Bur. 2500, Jan. 27. "Shalimar", Capt. J. R. BROWN, Bur 4000. "Golden Era", Capt. H. A. BROWN, Bur 4200. "Mermaid", Capt. H. DEVEY [?], Bur. 4000. "White Star", Capt. T. C. C. KERR, Bur 5000. "Red Jacket", Capt. M. H. O'HALLORAN, Bur. 5000. This line is composed of the largest and fastest clippers afloat, and are dispatched punctually on their appointed days. The favourite and well know packet ship "Senator," will be dispatched on the 20th January, with passengers and cargo. She has made some remarkably rapid passages, and her accommodations for passengers are roomy and comfortable. Passengers embark on the 19th January. STEAM UNDER 60 DAYS TO AUSTRALIA. Passage GBP14 and upwards. The Liverpool and Australian Navigation Company's celebrated Steam Clippers, in conjunction with the Eagle Line of Packets, are dispatched monthly, to the consignment of Bright, Brothers, and Co., Melbourne, forwarding passengers to all parts of Australia. The Clipper Ships of the Eagle Line are selected from the finest and fastest vessels built, guaranteed to sail to the day, and are famed for the superiority of the provisioning, and excellent Passenger accommodation. Packet of 7th January, the magnificent steam clipper "Royal Charter", 2719 tons register. This noble steamer is celebrated for having made three successive passages to Melbourne in 59, 64, and 62 days, and for having performed her last voyage out and home in the unprecedented short time of five months, including her stay there of twenty-six days. Her Saloon and passenger accommodation, and cooking arrangements are well known to be in all respects complete. Fares: 16 to 60 Guineas. Packet of the 15th January, the beautiful new clipper "Acadia", 1600 Tons. PASSAGE MONEY GBP14 AND UPWARDS. The Liverpool Line of Australian Packets, Established in 1848, sailing on the 10th of each month, for Melbourne, forwarding passengers by steam to all ports in Australian and Tasmania at ships expense. "Exodus" Capt. OWEN EVANS, 5000[?] Bur. 10th Jan. The ships composing this old established and favourite line, are celebrated for their sailing qualities, and the safety with which passengers have been conveyed to their destination. This remarkable fine ship is a well know regular trader, and has already made some of the most favourable passages to Australia. Her late voyage from [Callao?] was accomplished in the short space of eighty-six days. STEAM UNDER 60 DAYS ECLIPSED! The "Marco Polo" of this Line sailed with the steam ship "Royal Charter" from Melbourne, and arrived in Liverpool 8 days before her! PASSAGE MONEY GBP14, AND UPWARDS. Black Ball Line British and Australian ex Royal Mail Packets, appointed to sail from Liverpool on the 5th of each Month, for Melbourne, forwarding passengers by steam to various ports in Australia and Tasmania. "Macaulay", Bur. 5000, Capt. ROGERS, 5th Jan. "Marco Polo", Bur. 3500, Capt. CLARKE, 5th Feb. "Oliver Lang", Bur. 2500, Capt. OSBORNE. "Ocean Chief, Bur 2500, Capt. BROWN. "Lightning", Bur. 4000, Capt. BYRNE. "Saldanha" Bur. 3000, Capt. WATTS. The above Line is composed of the largest, the finest, and fastest merchant ships in the world, and have been built by the most celebrated builders of the day, including McKAY of Boston. They are commanded by men who have already rendered themselves famous and their equipments and accommodations are unequalled by any line of ships afloat. The Black Ball Line has had the distinguished honour of a visit from Her Majesty the Queen, who was most graciously pleased to say that she had no idea there was such magnificent ships in her merchant navy. TRURO - CHRISTMAS TREES - These pretty ornaments in connection with the Christmas season, appear to be becoming more general than they have been in this county. Two fine "Christmas trees," twelve feet high, beautifully lit with gas, and ornamented with a variety of useful and fancy articles, are being prepared for Thursday the 7th January, to be then exhibited in the Council Chamber, and the articles to be sold for the benefit of the funds for the erection of the new Independent Chapel at Truro. The bazaar held some time ago for the same object was eminently successful, and the "trees" are expected to prove equally attractive, especially as vocal music with piano accompaniments, a tea-meeting, and promenade, are included in the programme for the evening. ECCLESIASTICAL - The Rev. CHARLES DURNFORD NEWMAN, M.A., of Wadham College, Oxford, and head master of the Truro Grammar School, was, on Sunday the 18th instant, ordained at Wells Cathedral, by the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The Bishop of Exeter has licensed the Rev. PERCIVAL WEBB, to the curacy of Bodmin. SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE - LADY MOLESWORTH, of Pencarrow, has given directions that the poor of the parish be supplied with soup during the winter months; and on Christmas day all the labourers on her ladyship's estates were given a plentiful supply of roast beef and plum pudding. On Christmas Eve, Lord Falmouth gave to each of his workmen 2lbs. of beef, 2lbs. of bread, and two pints of beer; every man with a wife received 2lbs. of bread and beef, and one pint of beer extra; and every man with a family received for each child 1lb of beef, 1lb of bread, and a half pint of beer. The meat was given out under the superintendence of his lordship's steward Mr. GUNN, and Mr. HERIOT, the hind at Tregothnan. At Enys a large bullock was killed, and on Christmas Even, the workmen in Mr. Enys's employ received several pounds of beef each and a present of a shilling. The women also, and old servants residing at a distance, partook on the occasion of Mr. Enys's hospitality. On Christmas day the usual GBP6 worth of bread was given away at Falmouth church, in loaves of various sizes, to the deserving poor. The labourers on the roads in the parish of Camborne, seventeen in number, had their annual treat at Mr. CROUTCH's Commercial Hotel, on Christmas day, through the benevolence of Mr. R. LANYON. They enjoyed the old English fare of roast beef and plum pudding, with beer. The united ages of the seventeen labourers amounted to 935 years. On the 23rd ult. a bazaar was held for the sale of useful and fancy articles at the house of Mrs. CLYMO, in Dean-street, Liskeard, which realised upwards of GBP7, with which 36lbs. of good tea was purchased and distributed amongst 128 poor women resident in the town; leaving a balance to be appropriated in some other way. Through the exertions of two young ladies only, Miss POLLY CLYMO and Miss BESSIE LYNE, this gratifying result was brought about. The inmates of the Redruth Union-house were regaled on Christmas day with the good old English fare, roast beef and plum pudding, together with a plentiful supply of sparkling pudding, together with a plentiful supply of sparkling ")ct0ber" ale, after which apples and oranges were furnished in abundance. Tea and cake were also supplied in large quantities. In addition to the above, and aged and infirm were each supplied with a quarter of a lb. of sago, and one oz. of tea. In fact the treatment of the inmates of the house is at all times kind and friendly. On Christmas day the inmates of the St. Austell Union were as usual plentifully regaled with old English fare, roast beef and plum pudding, the gift of the guardians. TRURO TOLLS OF MARKETS AND FAIRS - These tolls were let this week for the ensuing year to Messrs. J. DUNSTAN, jun. and R. DREW, for the sum of GBP1025. NEWQUAY - A correspondent thus writes:- 2Being now on a visit to this far-famed watering place, I feel perfectly shocked at the filthy state of the streets, in which a person can scarcely walk, without being knee deep in mud. The stench arising from different places, is truly offensive, and will, I fear, if allowed to continue, bring disease again upon the place. As a friend to humanity, I beg through the medium of your valuable paper, to call the attention of the proper authorities to the subject, which will greatly oblige, yours most respectfully, A STRANGER. HURLING MATCH - A hurling match took place at Truro on Saturday last, some young men of Kenwyn having obtained subscriptions to purchase a silver ball. The match was between married and single men; the goal for the married was at the first milestone on the Redruth road, for the young men at the first milestone on the Falmouth road. The start was from Victoria Place, Truro, and after a smart contest, through streets and roads and over hedges, ditches, and fields, a young man called WEBB was declared the winner. Subscriptions were then made to the amount of 10s. and a second match was played, when the single men were again the victors, a young man called RAPSEY winning the goal. The country was very wet, and many of the hurlers were almost covered with dirt when the game ended. THE NAVY - Mr. JAMES N. CROKE, of Falmouth, youngest son of the late Commander W. P. CROKE, R.N., has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. CHARGE AGAINST A RELIEVING OFFICER - At the Porcupine Petty Sessions held on Monday the 21st ult., before Mr. SAWLE, chairman, Mr. R. FOSTER, and the Rev. C. LYNE, magistrates, Mr. BISHOP, on behalf of the overseers of the borough and parish of Fowey, made application for summons against the relieving officer of the Liskeard union. The circumstances of the case were as follows:- MARY BAWDEN, aged 17, had resided in the parish of St. Veep about two years, when finding herself with child, she left her service and came to her father's at Saw Mills, in Fowey parish, where her father was then, and had resided twelve or fourteen months with his second wife and seven or eight small children. The father's parish is Talland, which with St. Veep is in the Liskeard Union. She had resided at her father's about two months, and not having room for the daughter to lie-in, the stepmother and she, on Thursday the 3rd of September last, proceeded to Lerrin to see the relieving officer of the Liskeard union, whose duty it was to be at Lerrin on that day. They saw him and made application for the girl to be admitted into the Liskeard union house for the purpose of lying-in, and was refused, and also told that application must be made to the St. Austell union, or to the parish of Fowey, as she had been living there. Upon this refusal, together with the observations of the relieving officer, the step-mother and the girl returned, and on Monday the 7th of September, made application to be admitted, and was received into the St. Austell union at the cost and charges of the borough and parish of Fowey. There had been no previous application at Fowey to the application at Lerrin. The bench not being unanimous, the case was deferred until the next sessions. PENZANCE QUARTER SESSIONS - At these sessions, held on Monday last, before Mr. BERE, recorder, Mr. MATHEWS, mayor, and Mr. COULSON, justice, JAMES JAMES, 38 pleaded guilty of having obtained scales and brass weights from Mr. J. J. LANYON, of Penzance, ironmonger, by means of fraudulent pretences; also of having obtained brass weights, in a similar way, from Mr. JOHN JAMES, ironmonger. He was sentenced to two months' imprisonment on each indictment. RICHARD FRANCIS was charged with stealing beef from a vessel, the property of Mr. MATHEWS and others. The prisoner had been admitted to bail, and not appearing, his recognizances were ordered to be estreated. He afterwards surrendered himself to the police, stating that he and his sureties had forgotten the day, and he had gone out fishing. He was taken before Mr. Coulson, and ordered to be committed to the next sessions, but was afterwards admitted to bail, as it appeared he had really made a mistake. TRURO POLICE - On the first of August last, JOHN BUCKINGHAM, of Fairmantle Street, Truro, blacksmith, assaulted JOSEPH RICHARDS, ostler. A warrant was issued for his apprehension, but he absconded, and so far as is known, did not return to Truro until Sunday evening last, and at two o'clock the next morning, he was apprehended by police constable GAY. On Monday he was taken before Mr. PADDON, magistrate, but the case was ultimately settled out of court, on his paying Richards a sovereign for the assault, and the expenses, 13s. 6d. STEALING LEAD, &c. - We stated last week, that a man called BAKER had been committed for trial on a charge of stealing lead from Tregothnan, the property of Mr. JOHN Mc.LEAN, plumber and brazier, of Truro, who was doing some work at Tregothnan. Suspicion had fallen on a man called DAY, who had been in Mr. McLean's employ, but had absconded, it being believed that he had supplied the lead to sell to marine store-dealers in Truro. On Monday last, HENRY DAY, who had been apprehended at Plymouth by Sergeant WOOLCOCK, of the Truro police, was charged before Dr. CARLYON, county magistrate, with stealing two pieces of lead and a piece of iron pipe, the property of Lord Falmouth, and with stealing one piece of lead the property of Mr. McLean, in whose employ he had been upwards of five years, and had been in the habit of taking lead from Mr. McLean's shop to use at Tregothnan. The case was proved by the evidence of Mr. McLean, W. H. RANDALL, a workman, Superintendent NASH and Sergeant Woolcock of the Truro police, HENRY BAKER, shoemaker, with whom Day lodged, and HENRY IVEY, whitesmith, and the prisoner was committed to the sessions for trial. COMMITTAL ON A CHARGE OF MURDER - We gave a summary last week of the evidence given before Dr. FLETCHER and the Rev. H. M. RICE, county magistrates, on a charge of murder preferred against WILLIAM NATTLE, of the parish of St. Dominick. The charge was, that an old woman called MARIA NATTLE, had been murdered by her son, the prisoner. The case was adjourned to allow of a post mortem examination of the deceased, which was performed on Monday the 21st December, by Messrs. BOWDEN and KEMPTHORNE, surgeons of Callington. Mr. WILLIAM BOWDEN in his examination stated, on Monday last I made a post mortem examination of the body of Maria Nattle, with the assistance of Mr. Kempthorne. The conclusion I came to from the examination of the head was that the cause of death was apoplexy, but my opinion is that apoplexy did not arise from natural causes, but from a blow which the deceased received on the head; the general state of the brain in case of apoplexy from natural causes would be in a congested state - there might be a clot of blood. I do not think that the weight of the body in falling would have caused such an extensive bruise or laceration of the cellular tissue, exposing the roots of the hair. I do consider that it might have happened had she been violently pushed and she had fallen and her head come in contact with a wall or a piece of wood. I do not think that she could have sustained all the injuries which I discovered in her head from a fall resulting from apoplexy or any other fit from natural causes. I consider that an instrument, such as a weeding-iron with a handle from four to five feet, would, in case the handle had been struck against the head, have produced such injuries. From the situation of the bruises I do not think it could have been produced by a fall naturally. Mr. Kempthorne gave similar testimony. Several other witnesses were examined, and some of those examined last week were re-examined. The prisoner was then committed to Bodmin Gaol, to take his trial at the next assizes for the murder of his mother Maria Nattle. ACCIDENTS - The Rev. W. J. COOPE, rector of Falmouth, has met with a serious accident. On his return from Mylor, his mare, which is a very spirited animal, while galloping over some rough ground, fell with the rev. gentleman under her; his leg was slightly hurt, and on medical examination, some of his ribs were found to be fractured. On Thursday the 24th ultimo, as the "Alma" omnibus was returning from Truro to Grampond, being well filled with passengers, Mr. PHILIP LUKE, junior, of Grampond, on kindly making a seat for a lady, lost his hold, when both ere precipitated to the ground, and the wheels passing over Mr. Luke, he received some severe bruises, but no broken bones, and by the skilful treatment of Mr. STEPHENS, surgeon, of Grampond, we hope he is going on favourably. The young lady escaped unhurt, except the fright. GUN ACCIDENT - Sir W. B. CALL, Bart. Having invited some of the tenants who rented his summer grazing at Whiteford, to have a day's sport, rabbit shooting, a number of them met there on Monday the 28th ult. The sport was excellent, and everything went on most happily till about three o'clock in the afternoon, when Mr. PERKINS', of Birchenhays, St. Dominick, gun burst, severely lacerating his hand and splintering some bones. Fortunately no injury was sustained by those near him, although the fragments of the barrel and the lock were blown to a considerable distance. Mr. RUNDLE, of Pentillie farm, immediately drove Mr. Perkins in to Callington, where Mr. KEMPTHORNE, surgeon, dressed the wounded hand, extracting some splinters of bone. Although Mr. Perkins is suffering severely, the wound is not considered dangerous. COMMITTAL FOR SETTING FIRE TO CORN - JOHN THOMAS was charged before Dr. CARLYON, county magistrate, at Truro, with unlawfully and maliciously setting fire to a mow of wheat, on 27th November last, the property of Mr. THOMAS SOLOMON, of Roseinvalley farm, in the Parish of Kenwyn. Mr. THOMAS SOLOMON said, I live at Roseinvalley farm, Kenwyn, about three miles from Truro; there is a mowhay of wheat, barley and oats, at the back of my dwelling-house. Roseinvalley farm is my own property, and I also occupy a small farm call Lower Besore, in the same parish. I took this farm of Mr. WHITFORD, the solicitor for the mortgagees, and Mr. JOHN HOLMAN, the lessee of the tenement; I give GBP30 a-year for it. John Holman has claimed the entire rent, but my agreement was to pay Mr. Whitford GBP18, and John Holman GBP12. Holman put me in the County Court; the matter was referred to arbitration, and the award was made in my favour, Holman having all the costs to pay. The Holman family have been very much vexed with me ever since; Holman and his wife had told me that they would turn my cattle out of the fields, and I have found my cattle turned out. Gates have been frequently opened, and the fields trespassed on, but nothing of the kind has occurred since the fire. I had a field of wheat on the premises, which was carried into a mow in a field close to my farm-gate. I have no room for it in my mowhay; I had thrashed out about three-eighths of it. On the morning of November 27th, about four o'clock, I was awoke by my wife, who told me she thought there was a fire. I immediately got up and found this mow of wheat on fire; it was a solid mass of fire about four or five feet high. It must have been burning I should think about our hours; there was a little breeze blowing; there was no chance of saving any of it. I went into Truro shortly afterwards to see the agent of the Insurance office, but he was from home. On Saturday morning I again went to him, and he requested Mr. JARRATT, a superintendent of the county police, to go out with me, which he did immediately. I left on business for a short time and returned in about an hour, during which time Mr. Jarratt was making inquiries. He called my attention to two shoemarks near a hedge, about fourteen inches from it, at a distance of fourteen or fifteen feet from the burnt mow. The marks were made apparently by a man who had jumped down from the hedge, in the direction from the high-road to the mow. It was quite unnecessary for a man to go over the hedge, as there was a gateway about twenty feet further up. The marks had plain iron heel-taps without any groove in them. There was a peculiarity in the tread; it seemed as if the man trod more heavily on the outside. In the middle of the mark it seemed as if the nails had been worn away, and there was a deep impression of the leather. Two hob-nails near the toe of the left foot seemed newer than the others, and made also a deep impression; but what struck our observation most was that the toe-plates were different; one was a plain toe-plate, flat, and the other was a toe-schute. I have examined the boots now produced with the marks, in Mr. Jarratt's company, and they correspond exactly with them. Mr. Jarratt first tried them, and then with me, but he did not give me his opinion. The marks made by the boots exactly corresponded with the impressions we saw there the day after the fire, in every respect, and I have no doubt they were made by the boots now produced. The marks were carefully covered by Mr. Jarratt with boards; I have constantly seen the boards there, and am confident that none of our family moved it. In company with Mr. Jarratt the Saturday after the fire, I traced similar marks from near a gateway in a ploughed field round by a hedge, and then at the foot of the hedge which the party had jumped over; this was in a direction towards Holman's house. We also covered over two of these marks, and compared the boots now produced with them, and they exactly corresponded. On the Sunday following the fire, I was present with Mr. Jarratt when a box of lucifer matches were found in the end of a mow of corn, in the centre part of the mowhay. In consequence of my alarm, I directed my servants to watch, and on the Tuesday following, ROBERT TANK was watching with a dog, and about two o'clock I went out to see what was going on. He told me that about two hours previously, the dog was uneasy, and barked, and jumped out of his place among the straw, and he followed him to the end of his chain, about twelve feet long, this being near the mowhay hedge. He said he had then seen a man just outside the mowhay hedge running across the field; it was very clear moonlight, and he said he should know the man if he saw him again. On the Wednesday morning I went as soon as it was light to see if there were footmarks, and as it had rained during the night it was rather difficult to make them out, but where they had been sheltered by the hedge they were plainer, and were precisely similar to the marks already spoken of. The prisoner, John Thomas, is a son-in-law of John Holman. I should think the mow was about fifty yards from my dwelling-house; there was a public road between my dwelling-house and the rick. Robert Tank said he saw the man leaning down two-double, and running away across the field; the first time he saw the man, he was about thirty feet from the hedge; it was good moonlight; the man was dressed in a dark suit. I went to St. day with Mr. Jarratt on the 15th of this month, and he told me if I saw the same man to touch him. I went into a house with Mr. Jarratt and saw the prisoner; I touch Mr. Jarratt, and he took him into custody. I have never seen the man before, or heard his name mentioned; I am quite sure he is the same man. I told Mr. SOLOMON when he came out to me in the middle of the night, that he was about Mr. Solomon's height; that he had dark clothes on, and a high hat, and that I thought I should know him again if I saw him. ALFRED H. JARRATT, superintendent of the Truro district county constabulary, described the appearances of the foot marks he had found, and stated that he put two boards over the marks near the mow, and covered three in the fields. Witness and SERGEANT STRIPLING, of the county police, searched the mowhay, and witness found a box of matches, which seemed to have been lighted. The box was placed in a mow, between the corn and the stopper, which is made of reed; no doubt it did not burn, in consequence of the stopper being wet; the cover of the box is black, and also the label. Witness spoke of seeing other footmarks on Friday the 6th of December, after the man was stated to have been seen there on the previous Tuesday; those marks were similar to the former ones. Witness then went to St. Day and saw Inspector LAUGHTON, and they made inquiries about the prisoner. Witness mentioned the peculiarity of the footmarks, and Inspector Laughton described the way in which prisoner generally walked and said he had seen him wearing a pair of nailed boots with a piece on the top near the toe. I went to prisoner's house, and his wife told me he had left on the previous Monday morning, and she did not know where he was. On Tuesday morning, December 15th, I heard from Mr. Laughton that the prisoner had returned, and I went in the afternoon, taking Tank with me, and found him at home. Witness then stated that when Tank saw the man he touched witness, and he took him into custody. Witness asked Thomas where he was on the 28th of November, but told him several not to answer the questions unless he thought fit. He said he was at Wheal Maria Mine (Devon Consols), that he returned last Sunday fortnight, went away again the following Monday, and came back the Sunday following, (Dec. 6th). I said, "you just now said you returned a fortnight last Sunday, where were you the Friday before that?" He said, "at home" - and where have you been since? He replied, "only at Redruth," Witness further stated that Thomas showed him his boots, and denied that he had any others, he said he did not wear nailed boots, as he had hurt his ancle. On the 16th of December, Inspector Laughton brought witness a bag containing a pair of trowsers, miner's hat, a pair of boots, and a pair of shoes, with a not addressed to "Mr. John Thomas, St. Day." On being shown the bag, prisoner said it was his, with his underground clothes in it. The letter was as follow:- "Besore, 12th December, 1857. - Dear Sir, I feel sorry I cannot come to promise, as Mr. CARNE called to our house this morning just before I was coming away, to say we must meet at Truro about Solomon's business, and must not disappoint by any means. I will be to Redruth on Monday next by twelve o'clock to the same place and if there is any alteration, please let me know - yours truly, JOHN HOLMAN." Witness further stated that the bag contained the boots now produced; prisoner said they were his, and appeared rather confused. Witness further described the way in which he had compared the boots with the footmarks, by making impressions alongside, and that they perfectly corresponded. WILLIAM LAUGHTON, Inspector of the District Constabulary at St. Day, and ALFRED STRIPLING, sergeant in the Truro district, gave confirmatory evidence having seen the boots compared with the marks. Inspector Laughton having seen prisoner wearing different boots from those he had on when taken into custody, made inquiries, and found a bag and a letter at a public-house kept by a person names NINNIS. The letter was addressed to "Mr. John Thomas," but the address on the bag was torn off. This concluded the evidence, and prisoner being asked what he had to say to the charge, said he was not guilty. He was then committed to take his trial at the next assizes. COMMITTAL FOR SETTING FIRE TO CORN. JOHN THOMAS was charged before Dr. CARLYON, county magistrate, at Truro, with unlawfully and maliciously setting fire to a mow of wheat, on 27th November last, the property of Mr. THOMAS SOLOMON, of Roseinvalley farm, in the parish of Kenwyn. Mr. Thomas Solomon said, I live at Roseinvalley farm, Kenwyn, about three miles from Truro; there is a mowhay of wheat, barley and oats at the back of my dwelling-house. Roseinvalley farm is my own property, and I also occupy a small farm called Lower Besore, in the same parish. I took this farm of Mr. WHITFORD, the solicitor of the mortgagees, and Mr. JOHN HOLMAN, the lessee of the tenement; I give GBP30 a year for it. John Holman has claimed the entire rent, but my agreement was to pay Mr. Whitford GBP18, and John Holman GBP12. Holman put me in the County Court; the matter was referred to arbitration, and the award was made in my favour, Holman having all the costs to pay. The Holman family have been very much vexed with me ever since; Holman and his wife have told me that they would turn my cattle out of the fields, and I have found my cattle turned out. Gates have been frequently opened, and the fields trespassed on, but nothing of the kind has occurred since the fire. I had a field of wheat on the premises, which was carried into a mow in a field close to my farm-gate. I had no room for it in my mowhay; I had thrashed out about three-eighths of it. On the morning of November 27th, about four o'clock, I was awoke by my wife, who told me she thought there was a fire. I immediately got up and found this mow of wheat on fire; it was a solid mass of fire about four or five feet high. It must have been burning I should think about four hours; there was a little breeze blowing; there was no chance of saving any of it. I went into Truro shortly afterwards to see the agent of the Insurance office, but he was from home. On Saturday morning I again went to him, and he requested Mr. JARRATT, a superintendant of the county, police to go out with me, which he did immediately. I left on business for a short time and returned in about an hour, during which time Mr. Jarratt was making inquiries. He called my attention to two shoe marks near a hedge, about fourteen inches from it, at a distance of fourteen or fifteen feet from the burnt mow. The marks were made apparently by a man who had jumped down from the hedge, in the direction from the high-road to the mow. It was quite unnecessary or a man to go over the hedge, as there was a gateway about twenty feet further up. The marks had plain iron heel-taps without any groove in them. There was a peculiarity in the tread; it seemed as if the man trod more heavily on the outside. In the middle of the mark it seemed as if the nails had been worn away, and there was a deep impression of the leather. Two hob-nails near the toe of the left foot seemed newer than the others, and made also a deep impression; but what struck our observation most was that the toe-plates were different; one was a plain toe-plate, flat, and the other was a toe-schute. I have examined the boots now produced with the marks, in Mr. Jarratt's company, and they correspond exactly with them. Mr. Jarratt first tried them, and then with me, but he did not give me his opinion. The marks made by the boots exactly corresponded with the impressions we saw there the day after the fire, in every respect, and I have no doubt they were made3 by the boots now produced. The marks were carefully covered by Mr. Jarratt with boards; I had constantly seen the boards there, and am confident that none of our family moved it. In company with Mr. Jarratt the Saturday after the fire, I traced similar marks from near a gateway in a ploughed field round by a hedge, and then at the foot of the hedge which the party had jumped over; this was in a direction towards Holman's house. We also covered over two of these marks, and compared the boots now produced with them, and they exactly corresponded. On the Sunday following the fire, I was present with Mr. Jarratt when a box of lucifer matches was found in the end of a mow of corn, in the centre part of the mowhay. In consequence of my alarm, I directed my servants to watch and on the Tuesday following, ROBERT TANK was watching with a dog, and about two o'clock I went out to see what was going on. He told me that about two hours previously, the dog was uneasy, and barked, and jumped out of his place among the straw, and he followed him to the end of his chain, about twelve feet long, this being near the mowhay hedge. He said he had then seen a man just outside the mowhay ledge running across the field; it was very clear moonlight, and he said he should know the man if he saw him again. On the Wednesday morning I went as soon as it was light to see if there were footmarks, and as it had rained during the night it was rather difficult to make them out, but where they had been sheltered by the hedge they were plainer, and were precisely similar to the marks already spoken of. The prisoner, John Thomas, is a son-in-law of John Holman. I should think the mow was about fifty yards from my dwelling-house; there was a public road between my dwelling-house and the rick. ROBERT TANK said he saw the man leaning down two-double, and running away across the field; the first time he saw the man, he was about thirty feet from the hedge; it was good moonlight; the man was dressed in a dark suit. I went to St. Day with Mr. Jarratt on the 15th of this month, and he told me if I saw the same man to touch him. I went into a house with Mr Jarratt and saw the prisoner; I touched Mr. Jarratt, and he took him into custody. I had never seen the man before, or heard his name mentioned; I am quite sure he is the same man. I told Mr. Solomon when he came out to me in the middle of the night, that he was about Mr. Solomon's height; that he had dark clothes on, and a high hat, and that I thought I should know him again if I saw him. Alfred H. Jarratt, superintendent of the Truro district county constabulary, described the appearances of the foot marks he had found, and stated that he put two boards over the marks near the mow, and covered three in the fields. Witness and sergeant Stripling, of the county police, searched the mowhay, and witness found a box of matches, which seemed to have been lighted. The box was placed in a mow, between the corn and the stopper, which is made of reed; no doubt it did not burn, in consequence of the stopper being wet; the cover of the box is black, and also the label. Witness spoke of seeing other footmarks on Friday the 6th of December, after the man was stated to have been seen there on the previous Tuesday; those marks were similar to the former ones. Witness then went to St. Day and saw Inspector Laughton, and they made inquiries about the prisoner. Witness mentioned the peculiarity of the footmarks, and Inspector Laughter described the way in which prisoner generally walked, and said he had seen him wearing a pair of nailed boots with a piece on the top near the tow. I went to prisoner's house, and his wife told me he had left on the previous Monday morning, and she did not know where he was. On Tuesday morning, December 15th, I heard from Mr. Laughton that prisoner had returned, and I went in the afternoon taking Tank with me, and found him at home. Witness then stated that when Tank saw the man he touched witness, and he took him in custody. Witness asked Thomas where he was on the 28th of November, but told him several times not to answer the questions unless he thought fit. He said he was at Wheal Maria Mine (Devon Consols), that he returned last Sunday fortnight, went away again the following Monday, and came back the Sunday following, (Dec. 6th) I said, "you just now said you returned a fortnight last Sunday, where were you the Friday before that?" He said, "at home" - and where have you been since? He Replies, "only at Redruth." Witness further stated that Thomas showed him his boots and denied that he had any others, he said he did not wear nailed boots, as he had hurt his ancle. On the 16th of December, Inspector Laughton brought witness a bag containing a pair of trowsers, miner's hat, a pair of boots, and a pair of shoes, with a note addressed to "Mr. John Thomas, St. Day." On being shown the bag, prisoner said it was his, with his underground clothes in it. The letter was as follows:- "Besore, 12th December, 1857. - Dear Sir, I feel sorry I cannot come to promise, as Mr. CARNE called to our house this morning just before I was coming away, to say we must meet at Truro about Solomon's business, and must not disappoint by any means. I will be to Redruth on Monday next by twelve o'clock to the same place, and if there is any alteration, please let me know - yours truly, John Holman." Witness further stated that the bag contained the boots now produced; prisoner said they were his, and appeared rather confused. Witness further described the way in which he had compared the boots with the footmarks, by making impressions alongside, and that they perfectly corresponded. William Laughton, Inspector of the District constabulary at St. Day, and Alfred Stripling, sergeant in the Truro district, gave confirmatory evidence, having seen the boots compared with the marks. Inspector Laughton having seen prisoner wearing different boots from those he had on when taken into custody, made inquiries, and found a bag and a letter at a public house kept by a person named NINNIS. The letter was addressed to "Mr. John Thomas," but the address on the bag was torn off. This concluded the evidence, and prisoner being asked what he had to say to the charge, said he was not guilty. He was then committed to take his trial at the next assizes.